Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by CHAPEL Duncan
Anastasia Spartak’s pamphlet , “Putin’s Four Antifascist Myths: How Russia Uses ’Antifascism’ to Justify the War in Ukraine”offers a necessary and largely effective dismantling of the Kremlin’s cynical manipulation of antifascist rhetoric to legitimise its brutal invasion of Ukraine. This (…)
, by FUENTES Federico, KUDYUKIN Pavel, SHLYAPNIKOV Serhii
Pavel Kudyukin is co-chair of the University Solidarity trade union and a member of the Council of the Confederation of Labour of Russia (KTR). He also served as Russia’ deputy minister of labour (1991-93). In this extensive interview with Federico Fuentes and Serhii Shlyapnikov, Kudyukin talks (…)
, by FUENTES Federico
Russian socialists and anti-war activists have condemned the so-called “peace deal” for Ukraine being negotiated between Russia and the United States, warning it will bring new wars. They say plans to carve up Ukraine between two powers would only “untie the hands of all imperialists”. (…)
, by BUKETOV Kirill
After three years of invasion into Ukraine, Russian war opponent and trade union activist Kirill Buketow (54) takes stock. And he explains why Putin’s internal opponents have failed so far.
Three years have passed. Three years since the beginning of the second phase of the military operation (…)
, by VOROBYOV Niko
Moscow is increasingly cracking down on the minority community, forcing some to flee.
In his early 20s, Mikhail* (not his real name), a gay man from the city of Ufa in Russia, was doing what he loved: drag performances.
“I was going on tour, to competitions; I met new artists and planned (…)
, by BUDRAITSKIS Ilya, GIVISIS Dimitris
Ilya Budraitskis, historian and author, professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and one of the most important voices of Russian left-wing intellectual thought, speaks to “Epochi” about the imperialist logic that governs the talks between the USA and Russia regarding the end of the (…)
, by Posle Editorial, Russian Socialists for a world without annexations
Below are two statements — one by Russian Socialists for Peace Without Annexations, the other an editorial by the Posle Media collective — produced on the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The statements take a revolutionary left stance on the negotiations underway (…)
, by MATVEEV Ilya
A year after Alexei Navalny’s death, his movement struggles to redefine itself—fractured, exiled, and estranged from political action. Yet his vision for a democratic Russia endures. Editor’s Note:
Hello! It’s Aron Ouzilevski, DOXA’s newsletter editor, here to bring you all things Russia—in (…)
, by DUTOV Stanislav, MAS Cristina
Stanislav Dutov (Dnipro, 1990) was a chemistry student until he joined the Ukrainian Azov battalion in 2015. He fought in the city of Mariupolo against the Russian invasion and was besieged for seven months in the Azovstal steel plant with his comrades. He was captured and imprisoned in Russia (…)
, by SHEIN Oleg
On the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Oleg Shein, a Russian historian and former member of the Russian State Duma (parliament), assesses the political situation in Russia both now and in the future.
I entered political life on the left in 1989. It was a time of deep (…)
, by Meduza.io
In December 2023, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) announced the arrest of a dual Russian-Italian citizen accused of attacking a military airfield and sabotaging a railway line. The suspect was Ruslan Sidiki, a 36-year-old anarchist, long-distance cyclist, and electrician. Now in pretrial (…)
, by CHUKHAROVA Elizaveta
Daghestan has vowed to cover the Hajj expenses for 2,500 people, prioritising those enlisted to fight in Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Daghestani head Sergei Melikov made the announcement during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin on Wednesday.
The (…)
, by SKOBOV Aleksandr
Journalist and historian, former Soviet dissident Alexandre Skobov, imprisoned since 2 April 2024, is currently being tried for his political convictions. He is accused of “terrorism”. Desk Russie publishes his statement via videoconference from Syktyvkar prison, during the hearing at the 1st (…)
, by COYNASH Halya
Russia first claimed that Ukrainians defending their country were ‘terrorists’ trying to ‘violently seize power’, and is now bringing ‘terrorism’ charges against Sergei Davidis for rightly calling the POWs political prisoners
Sergei Davidis, Head of the authoritative Memorial Support for (…)
, by SKOBOV Aleksandr
The closing statement to the Petersburg military court in Russia, made last week by the historian and political activist Aleksandr Skobov, in his trial on charges of publicly condoning terrorism and organising a “terrorist community”. The charges relate to social media posts. Republished with (…)
At the end of March 2024, the mathematician and anarchist Azat Miftakhov was sentenced to four years of imprisonment in a criminal case for “justifying terrorism”. Miftakhov pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him. The case itself emerged after a prisoner, whom the anarchist considered (…)
, by European Network in Solidarity with Ukraine and against war
Recently, politicians Yulia Navalnaya, Ilya Yashin and Vladimir Kara-Murza announced a new action on March 1 - dedicated to the assassinations of Navalny and Nemtsov, as well as the anniversary of the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine - under the slogan “Putin, stop killing”. (…)
, by LATYPOVA Leyla
In early 2024, the republic of Bashkortostan became the epicenter of some of the largest protests seen in Russia since the start of Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Several thousand people gathered outside a courthouse in the small town of Baymak to protest the imprisonment of Fayil (…)
, by VEZHEVATOVA Liliya
Why has pressure on LGBT+ people in Russia increased to frightening proportions since the full-scale invasion into Ukraine? How are people fighting back against repression? Feminist and LGBT+ activist Liliya Vezhevatova on the predicament of the community against the backdrop of rising (…)
, by Solidarity Zone
Solidarity Zone, which supports people arrested in Russia for anti-war actions, tells the story of political prisoner Igor Paskar. Reposted from Solidarity Zone’s web site.
Igor Paskar has been sentenced to eight-and-a-half years’ imprisonment for two anti-war actions.
In June 2022, in the (…)
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